What Goes Up...

What goes up... must be played on! We recently purchased an outdoor playset for the kids and Payson wanted to help assemble it so badly! Unfortunately he had to settle on just watching it but even then, he studiously observed the action with great earnest and attentiveness. 

The kids are thrilled with the new addition of our house (ha!) and particularly love the playhouse underneath.

Our active little girl Hayden loves swinging on the monkey bars.

A moment of cooperation...

Swing, swing...

Payson, always the hard-worker, helped Daddy doctor up his old Maxima before we sold it. Anytime Daddy or a contractor get to work Payson hustles to get his tools and get down and dirty right alongside him. 

It's football season and everyone is feeling the love. Go Sooners!

School is going great and the kids got to do their very first show-and- tell! Hayden had the "B bag" and got to fill it with things around the house that start with the letter "B"!

Speaking of letters, here are the kids doing a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom activity. First they glued down the parts of a tree and then placed the corresponding foam letters on or around their tree as I read the story from the book. It was a big hit!

The kids celebrated several friends' birthdays last weekend at the flight museum. They were ecstatic about running around on real and toy plane structures. Here's Payson trying out the pilot's seat from a U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon!

 As for Mom, I enjoyed a moms night out with some friends in my multiples group. Good times!

Party Like a Princess

Hayden and Madison were invited to their first Sweet & Sassy birthday party. With their poise and grace you would think they have been pampered like that before!

Hayden never sits this still for me when I do her hair! She loved every minute of it.

Madison picked out a purple dress (surprise, surprise!) and matching nail polish. Equally surprising, Hayden picked out a layered pink dress.

The girls getting primped and polished.

(l-r: Hayden, Sophia, Birthday girl Abby and Madison)

The girls were thrilled to dance on the stage. Notice how all of them are holding their hands out in fear of smearing their nail polish.

The girls got to walk the runway while the announcer read their fact sheets. Here are a few highlights:

Hayden's kingdom rule: "Everyone has to be a princess!"

Madison's kingdom rule: "Everyone has to wear butterfly shoes."

Madison's favorite thing to do as a princess: "Be locked in a tower." HA HA!

Here's Ryann, Hayden and Madison all prim and proper as they watch their friends come down the runway.

Posing for the mommies!

Bean Boozled, Bowling and More!

Grammy and GP visited and we enjoyed them as much as they enjoyed our dancer, pirate and princess!

Our dashing GP and Grammy before they head off to a downtown wedding!

Payson driving a car over a sleepy GP's face. GP was so sweet to let him do it... over and over and over!

Bean Boozled! The kids LOVE this super silly jelly bean game where you spin the wheel and when you land on a jelly bean color and select the corresponding one out of the box, you get either the "good" one or the "bad" one. Land on blue and you get "Berry Blue" or "Toothpaste." Land on red then you get "Strawberry Jam" or "Centipede." Hayden got a kick out of the "Pencil Shavings" (vs. "Banana"), Payson was tickled by the stinky taste of "Skunk Spray" (vs. "Licorice") and Madison still laughs hysterically about the "Baby Wipes" (vs. "Coconut"). Such a funny, silly game!

Messy Maddie enjoying dessert with Grammy & GP.

On Labor Day we went bowling with my mom and my brother's family. The kids have come a long way since we last played but we still haven't mastered the basics. Here's Hayden's winding up before throwing the ball down the lane.

Payson wanted so badly to stand far back and walk up to the line like the grown-ups do. Here he is hurling it down the lane!

Hayden gave it another go and dropped the ball but it didn't roll much so she just ran up and kicked it!

Madison liked that style so she went with the kick too. Thankfully we didn't get kicked out of the place!

Also, last month we checked out the LEGO exhibit at the museum. They had intricate replicas of areas and buildings in downtown. The detail was amazing.

Afterwards we spent some time creating our own building. This hands-on fun was definitely the kids' favorite part of the exhibit.